Dialektik des Unbewussten

The essay is analysing Freud’s concept of the unconsciousness and its relation to language and to the archaic thinking. The main thesis is that Freud’s concept of dynamic unconsciousness is well defined and justified, that however the hypostasis of the unconsciousness as an original realm or system with a proper way of thinking cannot be legitimated. The hypostasis of the unconsciousness is connected with its biological interpretation in the concept of instinct and in a expanded version of the recapitulation-theory. The hypostasis is part of an unhistorical concept of the human essence, which limits the utility of Freud’s thinking for the theory of society.